Proposals received during the week as a possible start for the Short Story Contest

IV MICRO-STORY COMPETITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE

Part One: "A Good Beginning"

Good start fourth edition short storiesADULT CATEGORY – IN SPANISH:

62. 'The gentlemen of the jury retired to deliberate“. The queen of evil, Wilkie Collins.

63. 'I just visited the owner of my house, the only neighbor I will have to suffer.” Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë.

64. 'One day, already advanced in years, in the lobby of a public building, a man approached me.” The lover, Marguerite Duras.

65. 'With silver tintin and crystals in her clenched hands, the maid looked at the patroncito, doubtful, questioning..” Tirano Banderas, Ramon del Valle-Inclan.

66. 'Aureliano witnessed the execution, because not doing so was confessing guilt.” Theologians, Jorge Luis Borges.

67. 'The end of the story is only referable in metaphors, since it happens in the kingdom of heaven, where there is no time.” Theologians, Jorge Luis Borges.

68. 'That day, the Yellow Emperor showed his palace to the poet.” Parable of the Palace, Jorge Luis Borges.

69. 'From early Friday morning, I felt the relief of being in the final day and the remorse of feeling no remorse. "The unworthy, Jorge Luis Borges.

70. 'He said those things and didn't take his eyes off her. Now she shone a knife in her right hand.” Man of the pink corner, Jorge Luis Borges.

71. 'His days and nights were the same, but Sundays weighed him down more..” Avelino Arredondo. Jorge Luis Borges.

72. 'And save your ill-earned currency” The Dante Club, Matthew Pearl.

73. 'I will chew the sound that names you” Where the world is called Celanova, Celso Emilio Ferreiro.

ADULT CATEGORY – IN ENGLISH:

15. 'Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge.”The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood.

16. 'Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes.” Animal Farm, George Orwell.

CHILDREN/JUNIOR CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: -

CHILDREN/JUVENILE CATEGORY – IN ENGLISH: -

DELIVERY DEADLINE FROM “A GOOD START” to  library@iie.es until November 15, 2013.

One winner per category will be selected from among all the proposals received, who will receive as a prize a set of books from the Siruela publishing house, editorial collaborator of the contest.

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http://bibliotecaiie.wordpress.com/i-concurso-de-microrrelatos-del-instituto-internacional/